International film professionals visit Nerja to look for settings for their productions

International film professionals visit Nerja to look for settings for their productions

A dozen international film production and localization professionals have visited Nerja in order to look for natural settings for future productions.

The group was made up of professionals from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, and they work for companies such as Netflix, Zeta Cinema, Fifth Season, Studio Babelsberg, Focus Features, Third and 10 Films or Limelight. They have visited Nerja after participating in the specialized Shooting Locations Marketplace competition held in Valladolid, with the collaboration of Spain Film Commission, Prodetur, Turismo Costa del Sol and Axarquía Film Commission.

Among the productions in which these localizers have participated include films and series such as Interstellar, Downtown Abbey, The King's Speech, 30 Coins, Guardians of the Galaxy, Skyfall, Mission Impossible: Secret Nation , Bridge of Spies, Enemy of the doors, Origin or The Departed .

In Nerja they were received by the Councilor for Tourism, Ana María Muñoz, and they toured various areas of the town, showing special interest in the beaches of El Salón and Calahonda and the Balcón de Europa.

Some of these professionals expressed their intention to film in Nerja in the future. At the head of this group was the director of the Andalucía Film Commission, Piluca Querol.